Royce Albright ends his relationship with Linnea Darrow in the same breath he tells her that his glamorous new fiancée will unveil Linnea’s career-defining rose as her own.
Twelve years of breeding. Nine thousand discarded seedlings. One extraordinary coral bloom—and now another woman’s name is already printed on the labels.
Linnea refuses to stay and watch her life’s work become someone else’s love story. She leaves with 212 potted roses, fourteen field notebooks, and enough proof to know the truth is hers—even if the powerful Albright company has the money to bury it.
A classified ad leads her to Briarmead, a neglected Hudson Valley estate with a locked garden, a forgotten history, and an owner who introduces himself only as Stellan. He works beside her in the dirt, listens when she speaks, and puts in writing what no man ever has: anything she creates will remain hers.
But Stellan is hiding the size of his fortune, Royce is turning stolen credit into a federal patent, and the ruined garden is beginning to reveal the story of another brilliant woman whose name was erased. As Linnea restores Briarmead, she finds a rose that can prove a century-old truth—and a quiet, powerful man who may be worthy of the future she is growing.
To reclaim her name, Linnea will have to let the lie keep blooming long enough to expose its roots. To risk love again, she will have to believe that partnership can mean standing beside someone without disappearing behind them.
The Rose She Named is an emotional contemporary billionaire romance featuring a fiercely competent heroine rebuilding after betrayal, a reserved billionaire who listens before he acts, hidden identity, slow-burn chemistry, found family, stolen-credit justice, professional triumph, and a deeply satisfying happily ever after.
Genre: Romance
Twelve years of breeding. Nine thousand discarded seedlings. One extraordinary coral bloom—and now another woman’s name is already printed on the labels.
Linnea refuses to stay and watch her life’s work become someone else’s love story. She leaves with 212 potted roses, fourteen field notebooks, and enough proof to know the truth is hers—even if the powerful Albright company has the money to bury it.
A classified ad leads her to Briarmead, a neglected Hudson Valley estate with a locked garden, a forgotten history, and an owner who introduces himself only as Stellan. He works beside her in the dirt, listens when she speaks, and puts in writing what no man ever has: anything she creates will remain hers.
But Stellan is hiding the size of his fortune, Royce is turning stolen credit into a federal patent, and the ruined garden is beginning to reveal the story of another brilliant woman whose name was erased. As Linnea restores Briarmead, she finds a rose that can prove a century-old truth—and a quiet, powerful man who may be worthy of the future she is growing.
To reclaim her name, Linnea will have to let the lie keep blooming long enough to expose its roots. To risk love again, she will have to believe that partnership can mean standing beside someone without disappearing behind them.
The Rose She Named is an emotional contemporary billionaire romance featuring a fiercely competent heroine rebuilding after betrayal, a reserved billionaire who listens before he acts, hidden identity, slow-burn chemistry, found family, stolen-credit justice, professional triumph, and a deeply satisfying happily ever after.
Genre: Romance
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